Bahamas

Bahamas at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was represented by Bahamas Olympic Association (BOA) and abbreviated xx. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bahamas at the 2002 Commonwealth Games"

Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union is a trade union organizing employees in the tourism sector in The Bahamas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union"

The Bahamian dollar ("B $"; ISO 4217 code "BSD") is the national currency of The Bahamas. The Bahamian dollar is pegged to the US dollar on a one-to-one basis. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bahamian dollar"

The pound was the currency of the Bahamas until 1966. It was equivalent to the pound sterling and was divided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bahamian pound"

Castaway Cay is a private island or "out island" in the Bahamas which serves as an exclusive port of call for the Disney Wonder and her sister ship the Disney Magic. The island, formerly known as Gorda Cay, is owned entirely by the Walt Disney Company in contrast to the eight islands leased by other cruise lines for similar purposes. This makes it easy for the company to control all aspects of the "show" put on by the "cast" or employees. The post office even has special Bahamas Disney stamps. ...more on Wikipedia about "Castaway Cay"

The Coat of Arms of the Bahamas contains a shield with the national symbols as its focal point, the shield is supported by a marlin and flamingo. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coat of Arms of Bahamas"

List of Colonial Heads of the Bahamas ...more on Wikipedia about "Colonial Heads of the Bahamas"

Conch is a slang term for native Bahamians of European descent. Several theories have been proposed for the origin of the term: ...more on Wikipedia about "Conch (people)"

Coopers Town is the capital of Great Abaco Island, the second largest island of the Bahamas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coopers Town"

:note: Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.) ...more on Wikipedia about "Demographics of the Bahamas"

The Districts of the Bahamas provide a system of local government everywhere in the Bahamas except New Providence, whose affairs are handled directly by the central government. The current system dates from 1996 when 23 districts were defined - a further 8 were added in 1999. ...more on Wikipedia about "Districts of the Bahamas"

Local government in East Grand Bahama is centered in the settlement of High Rock, which is approximately 40 miles east of Freeport, and 20 miles from the easternmost settlement of McLeans Town. Other settlements of East Grand Bahama include Rocky Creek, Pelican Point, Gambier Point and Freetown. ...more on Wikipedia about "East Grand Bahama"

"King" Eric Gibson is a Bahamian musician and entrepreneur. He is also the semiofficial Ambassador of Bahamian Goodwill. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eric Gibson"

The flag of the Bahamas has an approximately 1:2 aspect ratio. The black triangle on the left represents the unity of the 300,000 people of The Bahamas, who are primarily of African descent. To the right of the triangle, the blue stripes at the top and bottom of the flag represent the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, and the gold stripe in the middle represents the sun and sand between them: the sandy shores of the Bahamian islands. The flag was adopted on July 10, 1973. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flag of the Bahamas"

Disputes - international: Have not been able to agree on the alignment of a maritime boundary with the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Foreign relations of the Bahamas"

Freeport is a city and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama, located approximately 100 mi (160 km) east-northeast of Fort Lauderdale, South Florida and gives its name to a district of the Bahamas. Freeport proper has 26,910 people. ...more on Wikipedia about "Freeport, Bahamas"

Fresh Creek was a district of the Bahamas before 1996. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fresh Creek"

Guanahani was the name the natives gave to the island that Columbus called San Salvador when he first arrived at the Americas. Columbus reached the island on 12 October 1492. Guanahani is one of the islands of the Lucayan archipelago in the Bahamas, but the exact island is a matter of some debate. The problem may never be resolved, as Columbus's original log book has been lost for centuries, and the only evidence is in the edited abstract made by Bartolome de las Casas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Guanahani"

In 1492, Christopher Columbus made his first landfall in the Western Hemisphere in The Bahamas. He encountered friendly Arawak Indians and exchanged gifts with them. ...more on Wikipedia about "History of the Bahamas"

Inagua is the southernmost district of the Bahamas comprising the islands of Great Inagua and Little Inagua. ...more on Wikipedia about "Inagua"

Kemps Bay was a district of the Bahamas before 1996. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kemps Bay"

(List of Bahamian musicians) * "King" Eric Gibson (King Eric & His Knights, with Ronnie Butler) ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Bahamian musicians"

(List of people on stamps of the Bahamas) (complete through 1990) ...more on Wikipedia about "List of people on stamps of the Bahamas"

Lyford Cay is an exclusive private residential enclave of a few hundred homes on the western shore of New Providence Island in the Bahamas. Lyford Cay includes a championship golf course, tennis courts, and a marina. Almost all of the homes in Lyford Cay command prices in excess of $1,000,000 and some homes are worth as much as $30,000,000. Famous residents include British billionaire Joseph Lewis, Scottish-born actor Sean Connery and Czech financier Viktor Kozeny. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lyford Cay"

Man O' War Cay is a small island in the Abaco region of the Bahamas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Man O'War Cay" www.shortopedia.com, the smart choice. shortopedia

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